Patents by Inventor Qing H. Liu

Qing H. Liu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10234592
    Abstract: An electromagnetic well logging tool for a wireline logging process, includes a shaft, a transmitter coil mounted on the shaft and configured to generate primary magnetic fields for propagation into a well formation, upon excitation by a first current, a receiver coil mounted on the shaft at a predefined distance from the transmitter coil and configured to receive secondary magnetic fields generated from the well formation, and a bucking coil mounted on the shaft in a concentric arrangement with the receiver coil, wherein the bucking coil is configured to generate magnetic fields at the receiver coil upon excitation by a second current, for cancelling the magnetic fields generated at the receiver coil due to direct coupling between the transmitter and receiver coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Qing H. Liu, Zhiru Yu, Jianyang Zhou
  • Publication number: 20180045846
    Abstract: An electromagnetic well logging tool for a wireline logging process, includes a shaft, a transmitter coil mounted on the shaft and configured to generate primary magnetic fields for propagation into a well formation, upon excitation by a first current, a receiver coil mounted on the shaft at a predefined distance from the transmitter coil and configured to receive secondary magnetic fields generated from the well formation, and a bucking coil mounted on the shaft in a concentric arrangement with the receiver coil, wherein the bucking coil is configured to generate magnetic fields at the receiver coil upon excitation by a second current, for cancelling the magnetic fields generated at the receiver coil due to direct coupling between the transmitter and receiver coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Qing H. Liu, Zhiru Yu, Jianyang Zhou